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Sophie's Place: A Look at Career Development for the Disabled
Sophie's Place: A Look at Career Development for the Disabled
Sophie's Place: A Look at Career Development for the Disabled
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Sophie’s Place was designed to see to the needs of the severely physically and mentally challenged. Both adults and children with intellectual disabilities may exhibit patterns of or all of the symptoms/conditions of having trouble speaking, find it hard to remember things, have trouble understanding social rules, have trouble discerning cause and effect, have trouble solving problems, and may also have trouble thinking logically. The limitations of cognitive function will cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than a typical child. Children may take longer to learn to speak, walk, and take care of their personal needs such as dressing or eating. They will have trouble learning in school. Learning will take them longer, require more repetition, and there may be some things they cannot learn. The extent of the limits of learning is a function of the severity of the disability. Nevertheless, every child is able to learn, develop, and grow to some extent

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Release dateMay 23, 2015
ISBN9781311314239
Sophie's Place: A Look at Career Development for the Disabled
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Denise N. Fyffe

Denise Fyffe, B.Sc., PGDip, pursuing M.Ed, worked in the education and training and IT industry for more than 15 years. Performed training, website administration, and software implementation of LMS and LCMS for various universities and organizations. In addition to studying Software Development and Design, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Career Development and Counseling and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education. Denise authored more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books.

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    Sophie's Place - Denise N. Fyffe

    Sophie's Place:

    A Look At Career Development For The Disabled

    By

    Denise N. Fyffe

    A brief examination of how one Jamaican care giving institution incorporates career development strategies for those severely disabled in Jamaica.

    Sophie's Place: A look at Career Development for the Disabled

    © 2015 Denise N. Fyffe, Kingston, Jamaica.

    First published 2015

    Other than as permitted by law, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form by any means, without the prior written consent of the creator or publisher or a licence from the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY). To obtain a JAMCOPY licence visit www.jamcopy.com or its registered office at 17 Ruthven Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica.

    Table of Contents

    Sophie’s Place

    Career Planning Approaches

    Resources

    Socio-Cultural Difficulties

    Donations

    References

    About The Author

    Books by Denise N. Fyffe

    Sophie’s Place

    A Haven for the mentally and physically disabled children in Jamaica

    Facility

    Located off the Gordon Town main road is a set of quaint little buildings which houses Sophie’s Place. It is aptly named for the remembrance of its original benefactor’s daughter. Dr. Trevor Hope, the original occupant of the premises fathered a child who happened to be both severely mentally and physically challenged. He lived and cared for his child at the present location until her death. He so loved his offspring that subsequent to her

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